Bears looking to install a simple trick play with a new weapon that fooled a division rival during the 2023 season
How the Chicago Bears offense will look under new offensive coordinator Shane Waldron is still a mystery heading into training camp, but one thing is for sure, the Bears find plenty of ways to get the ball into the hands of their offensive play-makers.The only real concern for Waldron is finding out a way to […]
How the Chicago Bears offense will look under new offensive coordinator Shane Waldron is still a mystery heading into training camp, but one thing is for sure, the Bears find plenty of ways to get the ball into the hands of their offensive play-makers.
The only real concern for Waldron is finding out a way to get all of those weapons involved on offense any given week during the season.
It's a good problem to have heading into training camp as the unit continues to go through the install phase before the start of the preseason.
Based on Waldron's prior scheme with the Seattle Seahawks, the Bears are expected to throw the ball a lot more often compared to how the unit looked the last two seasons under former offensive coordinator Luke Getsy.
The trade for wide receiver Keenan Allen, drafting wide receiver Rome Odunze in the first round, and signing tight end Gerald Everett to the weapons the team already had adds to that belief.
During mandatory minicamp, the Bears offense might have showed a secret pass play that's planning to be installed within the offense that was used against the defense in front of media in attendance. According to Nicholas Moreano, the Bears ran a play during 11-on-11 drills where Caleb Williams threw a pass behind the line of scrimmage to Allen, who then tried to hit running back D'Andre Swift on a wheel route.
Clearly Waldron is looking to get creative with his play-calling this season and wants to take advantage of Allen's hidden skills as a passer. Last season with the Los Angeles Chargers, Allen was involved in a different double-pass trick play that resulted in a 49-yard touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings.
In his career, that was the first pass Allen has completed. Although he did attempt three other passes over the last three seasons with the Chargers. Allen also had a trick play touchdown during the 2023 Pro Bowl where he caught a pass from Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud and then threw it across the field to Jaguars tight end Evan Engram. However, the level of play during the Pro Bowl is obviously different.
It still seems like Waldron is willing to go into his bag to fool some opposing defenses with all the weapons and skills they have during this upcoming season. Maybe he even brings back some 2023 trick plays the Bears ran successfully, such as this touchdown run against the Detroit Lions where DJ Moore took the snap while at quarterback.
With all the weapons the Bears have, there's an infinite amount of possibilities that Waldron can draw up during the offseason. Who knows, maybe we see some goal line up passes from Cole Kmet or end-arounds with Odunze at some point this season.
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